Chapter 1750 - Challenge (3) (1/2)
”Hypnos is a male God depicted as the embodiment of sleep in many ancient cultures. His Muse was the love of his life, a woman he blessed with a comforting sleep throughout all her lifetimes.
”This constitution is relatively weak initially, but Hypnos was a bit of a narcissist. He believed that your first life didn't need such good sleep because you had him, why would you need to have sleep when you had such a good man by your side?
”However, in the case that one born with this constitution in a previous lifetime is born with it again, it becomes something otherworldly. Hypnos believes that since it was unlikely for him to follow you into this life, you'd be awashed with sorrow and would prefer to sleep for long periods of time to escape.
”He wants to incentivize this sleeping sorrow, so he rewards more you the longer you sleep.”
Amphorae's eyes arched in surprise, then finally understanding. How could a constitution have such a harsh requirement? To happen to be born with same constitution twice two lifetimes in a row? Such a thing was impossible to the point of being nonsense.
”Is this a bad thing… Or a good thing?” Amphorae asks, partially worried.
If this Hypnos was such a narcissist, didn't that mean he'd prefer for her to be asleep forever? What if one day she fell asleep, only to never wake up again?
”I was worried about a similar thing as well, or else I would have told you earlier.” The Demon Sage said softly. ”But, after learning yours and Dyon's story, I felt relieved. If it wasn't for your constitution, I would have killed that brat long ago.”
Seeing his daughter's confusion, the Demon Sage explained.
”If it wasn't for Dyon, you'd have to be worried about this. But, I believe you don't have to now. Hypnos isn't actually a real person. Well, rather, he is, but you aren't the individual he was actually in love with. Hypnos passed a portion of his ancient constitution to protect his wife, causing it to begin to be passed down. As a result, there's both the aspect of reincarnation and love implanted within this constitution.
”Not only must you share the same constitution between two lives to reach this constitution's full potential, you must also share the same lover in two lives, or else the backlash of this constitution will be even worse than some others.”
Constitution backlashes weren't rare. For example, Ri's talent was stifled for a long time for this reason. Madeleine was another example. Before her constitution fully awoke, she was facing an inevitable death. Dyon believed that the twins, Mia and Bella were another example of this sort of backlash… it was just unfortunate that he didn't manage to find a solution before they died.
Considering how convoluted and unreasonable Hypnos' Muse was, it wouldn't be surprising if Mia and Bella had a constitution even more complex…